PATNA: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday asserted that BJP would 'vanish' in the assembly elections in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh like they did in Karnataka.
Rahul, who reached the state capital this morning to attend the meeting of opposition leaders, made the remark while addressing party workers at the state Congress headquarters, Sadaqat Ashram.
He said that BJP leaders were claiming a 'big victory' in Karnataka before the assembly election but when the Congress stood up collectively and fought the election, BJP was defeated in the election.
"BJP will be nowhere in assembly elections to Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh," he remarked.
"Congress is standing behind the poor but people know the aim of BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to transfer the country's assets to their 2-3 friends," he added.
The country has to choose betweeb Congress' 'Bharat Jodo' ideology and BJP-RSS' 'Bharat Todo' ideology, he emphasised.
Rahul also said that the Congress' DNA was present in Bihar and he found lots of people from the state
participating in his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and other states.
"BJP is spreading hatred and violence and also dividing the country. On the other hand, Congress is spreading love. Hatred cannot be defeated through hate but through love only," he remarked.
"All opposition parties have assembled in Patna and we are going to defeat BJP," he added.
Congress president Malliarjun Kharge said, "If we win Bihar, we will entire India. Bihar will never let go of Congress' principles."
Kharge said that all opposition parties had to fight the 2024 Lok Sabha election collectively to defeat BJP. He said it was the reason Rahul took the first step in this direction. "Later, I invited all opposition leaders for discussions," he added.
The meeting of the opposition leaders was held at 1 Anney Marg, the official residence of the Bihar Chief Minister after key leaders of 15 odd parties reached the state capital.
The BJP accused the ruling grand alliance in Bihar of misusing government machinery for the grand meeting of non-BJP parties in the state capital. BJP state chief Samrat Choudhary said that CM's residence was being used to convene the meeting of different political parties for electoral purposes.